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"Thanks. I will be happy to join your club and if I have any problems with the pickup…" Brian Hunt replied Jun 20, 2012 to diy pickups	16	Apr 13, 2014 Reply by Paulmusic37
"Once again we are still in agreement. The sharing of information is one of the thing…" Brian Hunt replied Jun 19, 2012 to diy pickups	16	Apr 13, 2014 Reply by Paulmusic37
"Thanks for the compliments on the guitar guys. I really enjoy this particular guitar…" Brian Hunt replied Jun 19, 2012 to diy pickups	16	Apr 13, 2014 Reply by Paulmusic37
"When you open them up, you will have two coil windings in there, one stacked on top…" Brian Hunt replied Jun 19, 2012 to diy pickups	16	Apr 13, 2014 Reply by Paulmusic37
"Moreland and Arbuncle uses a cigar box guitar with a bass string. In this design, it…" Brian Hunt replied May 27, 2012 to Diatonic 4 String??	42	Jun 8, 2012 Reply by BenBob
"Yeah, this design is not specifically for guitar pickups, but was intended for thing…" Brian Hunt replied May 27, 2012 to Pickup Winder	4	May 27, 2012 Reply by Skeesix
"You don't slot the fret that you are using for your zero fret. Instead you make a sl…" Brian Hunt replied Mar 26, 2012 to nut and bridge height	10	Mar 26, 2012 Reply by Richard G Caudill
"For good action and intonation, you generally want the bottom of your strings to be…" Brian Hunt replied Mar 26, 2012 to nut and bridge height	10	Mar 26, 2012 Reply by Richard G Caudill
"Since I only do cigar box guitars as a side line, I sell under my computer repair bu…" Brian Hunt replied Mar 17, 2012 to Business License	6	Mar 18, 2012 Reply by Bluesheart
"You could glue a fret board to face of the neck in order to raise it's height and lo…" Brian Hunt replied Jan 2, 2012 to First build- I'm concerned that I might have tremendously high action	2	Jan 2, 2012 Reply by Dan Sleep

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Brian Hunt's Discussions (78)

"Thanks. I will be happy to join your club and if I have any problems with the pickup…"

"Once again we are still in agreement. The sharing of information is one of the thing…"

"Thanks for the compliments on the guitar guys. I really enjoy this particular guitar…"

"When you open them up, you will have two coil windings in there, one stacked on top…"

"Moreland and Arbuncle uses a cigar box guitar with a bass string. In this design, it…"

"Yeah, this design is not specifically for guitar pickups, but was intended for thing…"

"You don't slot the fret that you are using for your zero fret. Instead you make a sl…"

"For good action and intonation, you generally want the bottom of your strings to be…"

"Since I only do cigar box guitars as a side line, I sell under my computer repair bu…"

"You could glue a fret board to face of the neck in order to raise it's height and lo…"

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